Had an enjoyable year and it is impossible to pick the best of what I have been fortunate to see so here is just a snapshot of the places I have travelled to in 2014, hope they are enjoyable;
The first month I was in Okinawa and Thailand, First off, 3 days at Naha
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NAMC YS-11EB 02-1159, DSK/JASDF by urkyurky, on Flickr
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Naha Action by urkyurky, on Flickr
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MCD F-15J Eagle by urkyurky, on Flickr
Also spent three days at Kadena
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MCD F-15C Eagle, 18th Wing by urkyurky, on Flickr
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MCD/BAe AV-8B, VMA-233 by urkyurky, on Flickr
Plus a couple of days at Futenma
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Futenma by urkyurky, on Flickr
Then off to Thailand for the Childrens Day airshow and a base visit at DMK
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JAS-39C Gripen, 701 Sqn, RTAF by urkyurky, on Flickr
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Don Muang Flightline by urkyurky, on Flickr
March 4th it was off to Lakenheath
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MCD F-15C Eagle, 48th FW by urkyurky, on Flickr
The last week in April saw me at Marrakech in Morocco
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Mirage F-1, RMAF by urkyurky, on Flickr
May 21st saw a great sunset at Mildenhall
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Boeing RC-135W, 55th WG by urkyurky, on Flickr
Then the airshow started, first of was Ronneby in Sweden
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SK-35C Draken, SwAFHF by urkyurky, on Flickr
Saber Strike kicked off at Fairford
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Saber Strike by urkyurky, on Flickr
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Over Scotland by urkyurky, on Flickr
Great to catch up with the Swedes again at the Waddington Airshow
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SK-35C Draken, SwAFHF by urkyurky, on Flickr
And before RIAT it was good to meet up with some old shipmates at Yeovilton
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RNAS Yeovilton, July 11th 2014 by urkyurky, on Flickr
Then it was RIAT time
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RAF Fairford, RIAT by urkyurky, on Flickr
And straight away that meant Farnborough
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Airbus Military A-400M by urkyurky, on Flickr
Then it was off to Italy to visit Ghedi
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Tornado IDS by urkyurky, on Flickr
More Tonkas at Piacenza
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Tornado ECR by urkyurky, on Flickr
And my personal highlight of the year, an amazing visit to Grosetto
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Eurofighter EF2000A by urkyurky, on Flickr
Had a few trips to Wattisham this year as its quite close
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Sea King HAR.3A by urkyurky, on Flickr
Horrible weather at Brize Norton for the NATO flypast
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EF.2000 Luftwaffe by urkyurky, on Flickr
My lack of talent was really shown with Obama's visit!
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Air Force One by urkyurky, on Flickr
Nice visitor at Eindhoven in the Netherlands
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Airbus A-310 by urkyurky, on Flickr
Plus a great show at Kleine Brogel
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Freece Tricolori by urkyurky, on Flickr
Spent a nice couple of days at Andravida in Greece
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F-4E PI2000, HAF by urkyurky, on Flickr
And then witnessed the last flights of the A-7 at Araxos
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LTV TA-7C Corsair II by urkyurky, on Flickr
Finished off with nice visit to Baldonnel - Casement
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Baldonnel-Casement, Eire by urkyurky, on Flickr
And of course the year was spent alot of the time at Mildenhall and Lakenheath!
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Boeing KC-135R by urkyurky, on Flickr
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MCD F-15C Eagle by urkyurky, on Flickr
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F-15E, 48th FW by urkyurky, on Flickr
Hope its not too boring, but I had a good year!
A good year
Re: A good year
I would love to do most of that in my life time, not a year! Nice one Mark... few favourites there but I think the B52 air-to-air makes me very jealous!
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Re: A good year
Great variable set, some nice destinations!
Re: A good year
Not too boring. I would love to be able to go around all those bases in japan and Thailand especially futenma with all those ospreys.
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James
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Some fabulous access there, and a great series of shots
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Re: A good year
What a year Mark! absolutely fantastic set of pictures.
Cheers Rob
Cheers Rob
Re: A good year
Fantastic all round set of photos
Andy
Andy
Re: A good year
That is a proper aviation related year... Some of those places are on my 'bucket list' to visit. I really enjoyed seeing these.
Re: A good year
Cheers everyone, hopefully 2015 will have as many highlights!